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taking it back

I don’t often write these sorts of numbered lists, but today I’m thinking about why it matters that survivors of sexual violence reclaim their bodies, reclaim their desire, reinstate their sovereignty over their skin and hungers, taking all of it, every fiber, every nerve response, every singe of shame, every …

I’m not hiding my love anymore… (2008) where her body ought to be She wants to put her body where her words are, fully into the flavor of sex, stunned with the liquid of meaning and possibility, and the most hostile vulnerability. This is the skin I settle into, the …

Today, I’ll tell you, I was in a movie. Sometimes having the radio on can do that, make me feel like I’m right in the climax– and not the orgasm-y kind, necessarily, though those played a part in today’s imaginings. No, it’s more like pushing into that part where the …

Words today from my friend R_. He invites us to consider how we can use masturbation as a way to care for ourselves when we are depressed– and how, too, that can be so terribly challenging (So much gratitude to you, R_, for these words, this writing, your practice.)

Still traveling, still exploring what embodiment means when I’m on the road and allowing new longings and textures and exhausts and sirens and aromas to touch my skin. Still walking my days with almost, with so close, with right there right there right there — and letting them throb and …

Reclaiming a radical self love

coming home is a blatant celebration of the power of masturbation, particularly for survivors of sexual violence. I welcome your thoughts and experiences!
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